Dustin POVAfter I got settled in, I was taken to a much more private court. A table for two was placed in the middle, along with dinner foods.Kai was already sitting there, and now he’d put on some expensive-looking suit; I honestly wondered what his obsession with clothes was with him.Forgetting that he could hear my thoughts, he smiled at me, and I remember he must have heard everything.I took a seat. Some of his men stood at the far end of the court, but there were four of them while the lady who’d attended to me opened the covered food.The sit of delicious food greeted me; my throat salivated at the sight,“Dig in,” Kai said.And I began eating,Thankfully, he didn’t have any conversations until I finished the meal.He also ate a little, compared to me, though,His server girl took the dishes and left. She came back and replaced the dishes with bottles of wine,Which she poured out for the both of us.Kai raised the glass to cheer, and I clicked my glass with him,“Now to the
Callox POVThe next few days were spent training my men, preparing them to ambush Kai’s castle. I also spent the following days with Rayell, helping her get over the incident that took place. The calming pills were working, as she was gradually becoming better and back to her usual self.Although she’d gotten a bit angry and vengeful, which would be the effect of my presence on her, it was all good.Cause being vengeful and angry kept one alive sometimes,She’d opted to be part of the training; however, she didn’t want to agree, but she did strike a good bargain.And in no time, I found myself teaching her about the arts of war,It was needed…, for the day we were to attack Kai. I might be a bit distracted to help her out.It was all part of Allen’s plan.I heaved a deep sigh as my mind drifted off to a few days ago.. when Allen had dragged me to his charm room,“This better be good,” I retorted back at him sharply.“It is. I think I might have found a way to end all this once and for
Rayell POVTonight, Callox and his men were going after Dustin and Kai, and we had spent over two weeks training vigorously for the attack. Well, mostly the men, me, and Callox…, callbox has been extra touching.Not that I didn’t enjoy it, I just didn’t know if it was because he was Afraid that he wouldn’t make it back alive or if he just wanted it.The thoughts and speculation were driving me crazy; half of me knew that he was scared that he wouldn’t be alive, and the other half of me hoped that he was just being paranoid.For I didn’t think I could handle the thought of him being dead. He was my life, my anchor, Without him, life just didn’t have any meaning.I heaved a deep breath. It was going to be alright, and he had a plan with the moon priests,I should just have faith. It was all going to pan out well in the end.I turned to my surroundings. We were all outside. I was seated inside a war carriage, and the callbox still addressed his men. And when he was done, he got into the
Callox POVI felt like I was in absolute hell, with my body feeling so dry and sore. Rayell was beside me crying, which made me believe she wasn’t in her senses when she attacked me.Her body was oozing out blood, which didn’t look so good. It made my fear elevate higher, but I couldn’t do anything about it; the pain could barely allow me to move around.All I could do was painfully stare at her. Her hands were tightly clenched around mine while her body cuddled against mine.I wasn’t going to die. When my blood is fried up, I’ll have a new one, and Kai would be too weak to do anything to me. It seemed Allen's plan worked as he shifted vigorously on the floor.I was, however, worried about Rayell. I didn’t know what was wrong with her, and I feared losing her.I held her closely to myself and did a silent prayer in my head before my eyes grew weaker and my vision went black.The next time I opened my eyes, I was no longer in the woods. I was on my bed in my palace. The room was empty,
Callox POVI stayed by Rayell’s side throughout the night, trying to get hold of my spiralling emotions. Her hands had been clutched to mine all through the night, along with droplets of my tears, raging from my frustration of not being able to talk to her because of the same people who had now decided to turn their backs on their king.I so regrettably wish I had run away with her. That way, she wouldn’t have a thousand-year-old spirit in her body. She’d still be awake and happily by my side.I managed to fall asleep in the royal infirmary with her body next to me. When I opened my eyes, I was in a cottage far away from the palace. Rayell was awake and swimming by the river near the cottage. She looked so beautiful and was giggling so wonderfully.I noticed she was in her undergarments and was playing with a tiny version of her and me, a little boy and a girl. When they saw me, they cheered my name.“Dad!!” they called out with brimming excitement.I ran to them and dived into the po
Dustin POVI lay on the bed of my savior, an old wolf who had found me bleeding and had chosen to have pity on me. I was barely alive after Kai’s attack on my body.But thankfully she’d seen me, and she’d been able to nurse me back to health.It’s been four days since the attacks happened, and I spent the days thinking of all possible outcomes of the war.The old woman who found me wasn’t a part of the Howlers pack, so she couldn’t provide me with current information on the Howlers pack.But she did provide me with hers. She was part of the Crescent pack and lived in the outskirts of the park's village, where Kai’s base was a mile away from here and where she’d found me.My eyes tilted to the entrance door, where she had just entered carrying a basket of freshly farmed goods.“I see you’ve awakened. How is your health?” Her warm smile reminded me of my mother’s own. I kicked the memory to the back of my head, not ready for any form of hurt.“Better than I felt yesterday.” That was alw
Dustin POVWe arrived at the supposed destination, which was just a bunch of bamboo houses in the woods. These wolves take the literal meaning of being a wolf to heart.The people were all scattered doing a thing or two, they were either talking amongst themselves.Or scraping woods against each other, most of the men took over this, while the children ran around.It looked like a normal village, except their living style was dated back to thousands of years ago. Even their clothing was outdated. Just robes with tiny stripes.It made them seem as though they came from the past.I was dragged into a bamboo shelter, that looked quite distinct from the others.It seemed this would be their leader’s base.“May we come in your grace?” The hooded girl asked.However, there was no response.“Your grace?”Still no response. The hooded girl was about to enter when she was halted by the sound of another person's voice.“Emory,” the soft voice belonged to a very beautiful woman dressed in silk,
Callox POVI had ensured to stop the trusted circle from carrying out a very dubious act of punishing the very person who sought help from them.Seeing as I was the king, the guards had no option but to listen to me, I ordered them to put Aria into one of the guest rooms but to also lock it up, and ensure it was guarded, so she didn’t escape.Then I left her for a while to rest up, and also commanded that she be taken well care of,I came back after some hours, eager to speak to her and get some answers from her. The guards were still situated at the front door,The maids had injected some wolfsbane into her, to keep her weak and unable to use her powers for now.Entering the room, I noticed she was lying on the bed, her eyes were open. However, she remained unmoving. I approached her further. Her eyes were stuck on the roof of the room, the maids had done a great job of cleaning her up,Given her new clothes and even brushed her hair, she looked like the royalty she claimed she was